[PATCH] synclink.c: compiler optimisation fix

Make some fields of DMA descriptor volatile to prevent compiler optimizations.

Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c
index 37c8bea8e2b0..747eb8d18166 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * linux/drivers/char/synclink.c
  *
- * $Id: synclink.c,v 4.28 2004/08/11 19:30:01 paulkf Exp $
+ * $Id: synclink.c,v 4.37 2005/09/07 13:13:19 paulkf Exp $
  *
  * Device driver for Microgate SyncLink ISA and PCI
  * high speed multiprotocol serial adapters.
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ static MGSL_PARAMS default_params = {
 typedef struct _DMABUFFERENTRY
 {
         u32 phys_addr;  /* 32-bit flat physical address of data buffer */
-        u16 count;      /* buffer size/data count */
-        u16 status;     /* Control/status field */
-        u16 rcc;        /* character count field */
+        volatile u16 count;     /* buffer size/data count */
+        volatile u16 status;    /* Control/status field */
+        volatile u16 rcc;       /* character count field */
         u16 reserved;   /* padding required by 16C32 */
         u32 link;       /* 32-bit flat link to next buffer entry */
         char *virt_addr;        /* virtual address of data buffer */
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ module_param_array(txdmabufs, int, NULL, 0);
 module_param_array(txholdbufs, int, NULL, 0);
 
 static char *driver_name = "SyncLink serial driver";
-static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.28 $";
+static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.37 $";
 
 static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,
                                      const struct pci_device_id *ent);